Promoting Civility in Pharmacy Education

Why can't we all just get along??

Incivility is a growing problem within all aspects of pharmaceutical education and, indeed, across the spectrum of higher education. Promoting Civility in Pharmacy Education describes the issues involved and provides practical solutions. With this book, you'll learn which teaching characteristics lead to more/less incivility in the classroom, how to make your expectations known in a nonconfrontational manner, and how to respond to incivilities from students, administrators, and faculty.

Promoting Civility in Pharmacy Education examines ways to deal with incivility in:

• large classroom settings—with a discussion of honor codes and a sample syllabus
• small classroom/small group settings, including discussion of the role of the group in controlling and preventing incivilities and of the negative effect of incivility on group learning
• clinical settings, with a focus on insubordination, missed deadlines, sloppy/incomplete work, and unprofessional conduct

Some of the problems this book will help you address include:

• “passive” incivilities such as inattention, lateness, asking for extensions on assignments, and making excuses, as well as mild disruptions such as cell phone conversations during class time
• “overt” or “active” incivilities, including vulgar language, insulting comments, direct challenges to the teacher's authority, and physical threats

The book also explores the incivilities brought on by prejudice and racism, incivilities that occur between graduate students and their teachers, the important relationship between professionalism and civility, and issues that new faculty face as they adjust to new teaching positions.

Because it is packed with practical solutions to a large number of problems, Promoting Civility in Pharmacy Education is a must-have for anyone involved with pharmacy education. Make it a part of your professional collection today!